It's barely past mid-month, and I notice that some of you have hit 50k already!

So this is for the show-offs to boast, and the rest of us to envy, at least until we make it across the finish line, or produce 50,000 words of fiction, whichever comes first.

So who's already done their quota?

strawberryblondie

11-18-2011, 04:05 AM

I got to 50k on the 11th and finished the book on the 12th. It felt great, but now I'm so exhausted. Just thinking about writing makes me want to go to sleep.

Cliff Face

11-18-2011, 02:52 PM

Congrats on the completed novel!!

My current goal is to just finish my novel by the end of January, when my work contract expires... :tongue No rush.

goddessofthehunt

11-19-2011, 01:44 PM

I hit 50k on the 7th and slowed down for a while. I'm hoping to finish the novel by the end of the month, but the thing keeps growing.

AnnieColleen

11-20-2011, 04:36 AM

Not me, but fingers crossed for 50K tomorrow. (It'll be a stretch, if so.)

Not sure on THE END. This is the part I didn't outline very well, so I'm figuring it out as I go.

bettielee

11-20-2011, 12:26 PM

*runs through yellow ribbon*

whooo hoooo! I got my 50k today! I am most excited for earning the 50% scrivener discount. I am going to use that mother for everything! ;)

yay, me!

MamaStrong

11-24-2011, 11:00 AM

I finished 50k and my novel on the 21st. I'm super excited and beyond proud of myself. I finished the jist of the novel on the 21st, but had 10k left to write to get to 50k. So I went back and added lots of detail and boosted up my characters a bit. I'm happy with it.

LilGreenBookworm

11-24-2011, 11:33 AM

I hit 50k last night. My story isn't finished yet, and I know it needs tons of editing, too. I'm estimating a final word count of 85k-ish. :)

Cliff Face

11-24-2011, 03:38 PM

Gogogo everyone!

Anna L.

11-24-2011, 05:45 PM

Literally just crawled past 50k. Can I stop writing now? This has been both my slowest and most difficult NaNo ever.

Time to crawl in bed now. (Don't look at me weird because it's 8 am. I work night shift.)

goddessofthehunt

11-24-2011, 07:06 PM

Just validated to turn my progress bar purple and get access to the winner's goodies :D

EDIT: Winning begins on Nov 25, whenever it begins in your time zone

seaaircarol

11-24-2011, 07:16 PM

Way to go, everyone!!!

:snoopy:

Sarah G

11-25-2011, 05:02 AM

:hooray:
I just hit 50k!! My story is still going though. Might be a couple more thousand words, maybe about 52k by the time I finish depending how the end goes. Congrats to everyone else!!

amlptj

11-25-2011, 11:43 AM

I just got to 50K!!!

bdwilson

11-25-2011, 12:04 PM

I get to come hang out in this thread now. Hello everyone!

My story isn't finished yet, but I'm hoping to get through what I need by the end of the month. For now I'm giving myself a new target of 60k, but it might come in under that. I guess I'll find out :)

Rivana

11-25-2011, 03:29 PM

First year I actually managed to pull through, and with a few days to spare. Now I've got maybe 10-20 000 words left for the novel to be completed. :)

AuburnAssassin

11-28-2011, 04:30 AM

I just turned my NaNo bar purple with my validated WIN!!!!! Three years, three wins.

wishflower

11-28-2011, 08:53 AM

51k and I'm stopping for the night. My first year doing nano and I'm really glad I won. Still have a bit to go since I'm estimating 75-80k when I'm done, but yay for no more pressure.

Congrats to everyone else who won, and good luck to those who have yet to win!

bettielee

11-28-2011, 12:29 PM

Sigh. Is it too early to say I'm really going to miss NaNo when it's over? Only a few more days and the madness ends.

Of course, this book won't be done. I'm going to continue my 3k a day goal as I did during this month (my usual is 2k - which will seem like cake when I go back to it.) But I have so much editing to do this next year. I have too many books to edit.

Becky Black

11-28-2011, 03:31 PM

I got to 50k on the 26th this year. I might get to 60k by the end of the month. This counts as taking it relatively easy for me. I got over 100k inside November once, but it left me with mashed potato for a brain, so I swore I'd never try that again.

Sigh. Is it too early to say I'm really going to miss NaNo when it's over? Only a few more days and the madness ends.

Of course, this book won't be done. I'm going to continue my 3k a day goal as I did during this month (my usual is 2k - which will seem like cake when I go back to it.) But I have so much editing to do this next year. I have too many books to edit.

This forum stays open all year, Fairy Girl. You and I can continue to goad each other on until our books are done!

goddessofthehunt

11-28-2011, 06:48 PM

I just finished my novel entirely at 90,635 words (rounded up in my signature :D )

Cliff Face

11-29-2011, 03:49 AM

I must say, Deathwitch sounds like a very interesting book, if titles are anything to go by. :)

bettielee

11-29-2011, 04:41 AM

This forum stays open all year, Fairy Girl. You and I can continue to goad each other on until our books are done!

yeah... I have NaNo'd for the last year it seems, but there is something special about November NaNo, I think because of the videos and the 30 covers 30 days thing... and suchlot.

seaaircarol

11-30-2011, 02:11 AM

Oh, my gosh. I just finished. It feels so good.

WittyandorIronic

11-30-2011, 04:38 AM

Congratulations to all the other winners. Yes, that's right. I said OTHER winners. Because I, too, am now an official NaNoWriMo winner. This is my third year participating, but my first year winning and it feels GREAT!

seaaircarol

11-30-2011, 04:48 AM

Hurray for you!!!

Yeshanu

11-30-2011, 05:01 AM

Way to go, everyone. I'll be getting to rep points all around as soon as I recover.

I got my 50k at 3 pm this afternoon, and yeah, it feels so good. Second time in seven years, but I plan to win every year from now on!

Devil Ledbetter

11-30-2011, 05:59 AM

Is this where we take a victory lap?

:e2woo::e2woo:

I was honestly worried I might not finish this year since I got of to a slow start (pet double tragedy Nov. 1-3 followed by business travel out of the country Nov. 3-9). But I did it. My 5th consecutive NaNo win.

Congratulations to everyone who's won NaNo 2011!

Enzo

11-30-2011, 07:15 AM

Congrats, everybody!
Just validated at barely over 50K. NaNo is over for me, but that WIP will have to continue until it reaches 80K by the end of December.

Got my 50k today! :D So happy! This is my first year doing it, and I loved it!
Now, another year until NaNo! :P

Ronka 87

11-30-2011, 09:56 PM

I won! Well, I met the word count (50 209) and wrote "The End." It's a very, very, incredibly rough draft, but it's finished and I'm happy. My first year, too! Pretty psyched.

Shika Senbei

12-01-2011, 01:37 AM

Yay, I did it! After writing more than 10,000 words today, I finally can call me a winner with a word count of 50,688. I also wrote 10,000 words the day before yesterday, so I feel singed, but the sensation is not altogether unpleasant.

My draft is far from finished though and I likely am not even halfway through yet, but I am happy the whole thing doesn't quite work out as dark as I thought it would be. Yay me!

Llayth

12-01-2011, 02:01 AM

Just finished! 50128 words and I'm absolutely exhausted. But I really enjoyed it. Very glad I signed up. :)

Jiloa

12-01-2011, 03:21 AM

Wow. I don't know how people do that... it takes me every minute of the 30 days to get to 50k. **impressed**

Congrats on your win, Steam&Ink!

I had a pretty detailed outline, and I don't really remember going outside for those 2 weeks... That wasn't normal for me.

Another AW'er did it in under a week. :eek:

Mclesh

12-01-2011, 03:59 AM

I just *won* uploaded and my word count is 50,320.

And I don't want to look at my NaNo project for a while. :)

Congratulations to all the winners and to all who participated but didn't quite get there. There's always time to reach your goal.

seaaircarol

12-01-2011, 04:07 AM

Way to go, everyone!!!!!

:snoopy:

Poppy

12-01-2011, 05:25 AM

I finished yesterday morning, but just now had a chance to post the news here on AW. I finished at 50,125 and I'm very proud of myself. My "novel" is extremely rough around the edges as well as in the middle, but I learned a lot from the process.

Mclesh

12-01-2011, 05:49 AM

I finished yesterday morning, but just now had a chance to post the news here on AW. I finished at 50,125 and I'm very proud of myself. My "novel" is extremely rough around the edges as well as in the middle, but I learned a lot from the process.

Just a few more hours remaining in my time zone, so for anyone still pushing on 11/30--go, go, go!!

icerose

12-01-2011, 08:37 AM

Just crossed the nano finish line at 50,004. I still have quite a ways to go with the novel itself, but this was definitely a kick in the pants. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to do it while going to school full time, but I did. I'm glad I got off to a rocking start from the get go (7,500 words) because there were days I just never got to sit down with my novel, like night before test days.

TheIT

12-01-2011, 09:48 AM

Just made it at 50,016. Now it's time to collapse, right?

:Trophy:

Congratulations to all the 2011 NaNo winners!

Tienci

12-01-2011, 11:39 AM

Made it, made it! About 16k in one day to make it to 51k (had to rush in some extra words for validator which has it at just past 50k)!

Cliff Face

12-01-2011, 03:37 PM

Congrats everyone!

Thump

12-01-2011, 03:46 PM

I got 50,009 words at 6 pm yesterday :) Mmmh, purple bar of goodness! The story is nowhere near finished but I think I'll use December to go back to last year's nano which has become my main WIP this year...

Yeshanu

12-01-2011, 06:09 PM

I have to say -- I just looked at my buddy list, and I have more purple buddies this year than in any previous year. Congrats to everyone!

bdwilson

12-01-2011, 08:01 PM

Congratulations everyone! :partyguy:

I called this book done at 63,000 words, and managed get all my green squares this year!

http://www.nanowrimo.org/widget/MyMonth/bdwilson.png

Now I can do next year without obsessing over that :P

Susie

12-01-2011, 08:57 PM

congrats to all the nano winners! :Cake:s 4 all! :)

Yeshanu

12-02-2011, 04:08 AM

Congratulations everyone! :partyguy:

I called this book done at 63,000 words, and managed get all my green squares this year!